vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: simple-social-buttons: CVE-2021-24656: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Sep 13, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Sep 13, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Simple Social Media Share Buttons WordPress plugin before 3.2.4 does not escape the Share Title settings before outputting it in the frontend pages or posts (depending on the settings used), allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Solution
simple-social-buttons-plugin-cve-2021-24656
References
Rapid7 Labs
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